Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1887-08-02
iNFoR NATION
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OWNERS AND LOcA1oRs
MI L M ES
APPLICATION FOR PATENT

register and Receiver they become WV
.ne record, and can neither be vithdrpa'
Land ON Oa,c must be transmitted to the e ssi
efroneous Or
o, Application for patent will be rejsc,M :
First The notice was published v,,h,..u
knowledge OF the Register. "~i'nou'ta
~Second-The notice was mot nrh,...
claim.
and "" A"uau defective,
Fourth--A previous application h.s
mace for the same premises, which wss uesn
the adverse claimant. nenced By
An application for patent will bs ,o,.,.,
when the survey does not accurata,v aneyeoea
boundaries OF the claim. uennetAs
Wnere the claim was not located in .o..
ance with law. Al accord.
Where several parties own separate and Al.
tinct portions of q claim, appItcst,oau t
patent may be made by either for IN ~ lf
OF the claim owned by him but where o.avl
parties own undivided interests in : ss.eh
claim all should join In an application soaas
patent. iTA
A person or association may purcba.. :,
many placer locations a. the local law $3.50,
and embrace them all in one Application au|,
patent. N0auon iors
Two or more lodes cannot be smbr.ou.
one application Tor q patent except for nlscs.
claims embracing two or more lodes vith,a
their boundaries ~"
Papers sworn to before any person nu,no,,
ing to act as 9 deputy for the Register snS Nv
ceiver cannot be recorded ss evidence.
In all patents for mining claims s,tu.,.a
within the interior boundaries of a town ~
aeinuse Is inserted Excepting and excluding
all town property, rights upon the surfses
ana al houses, buildings. structures, lots
blocks, streets, alleys or other municipsl I'M
provements not belonging to the grantee hs,s
In, and sl rights necessary or proper ostSs
occupation, possession and enjoyment Of ths
same"
Publication of notice must be made n anil,
one newspaper for the period Of 80 days.
Notice must be published 10 consecutive
weeks in weekly newspapers, and In dsiv
newspapers go days must elspse between M
frst and last insertions.
Where the Register esignates thedsily issns
OF O newspaper for publication of notices Of
mining application for patent 1t 10 not q com.
pliance with law TO change to the weekly edi.
ton OF the same paper without authority Of
the Register.
The existence Of o salt spring on a tract Of
land wtthdrsws 1t from the operation Of thu
homestead and presumption laws. A hearing
for the purpose Of proving the agricultural
tuhE6 VI buCh ihuu Is HOT kiLOWAu Land
containing valuable deposits Of slate may b
entered under the mining Acts.
ADVERSE CLAIMS.
Adverse claimants must ale a separate ana
distinct claim against each application which
1t ts alleged conflicts with the premises owned
by such adverse claimant.
The papers In an adverse claim, once filed,
cannot be withdrawn, but becomes a part Of the
| record.
When an adverse claim has been filed it can.
not be amended so as to embrace q larger pr.
ton OF the premises than that described In tie
original adverse claim.
An adverse claim must be made ont In
proper form and filed in the proper local Office
during the period Of publication OF the spplt
cation for the patent to be effective.
1t is the duty Of the adverse claimant .
suit In proper form within the re-
quired time, and II he trusts The uncertain
medium Of the United States mail he mus
abide the consequences. should the delg
ensue, through misfortune or accident. Sioux
the failure to commence suit be the result Of
the cor rupt or dishonest action of his sttsrney,
the Interior Department cannot redress the
wrong.
An adverse claimant should set forth In Do
tail the facts upon which he bases his adverse
claim. A statement In general terms, embody
ing conclusions Of law, without stating The
facts specially, Will not be considered IN eb'
dence.
An adverse claimant should show o compl.
ance with the local laws in recording his claim
and In regard to expenditures. and shall nle
copy Of the original notice of his location, and
show the nature or extent of the conflict
alleged.
An allegation of parties to q suit that they
compose the company 10 sufficient, and they
are not required to prove that they are the
original l~ocators or the identical parties who
present the adverse claim.
AGRICULTURAL OR MINERAL LANDS.
Where land is of little, If any value, for sgri
cultural purposes, but 10 essential to the
proper development of mining claims, II
hould be disposed OF under the Mining Act,
Where lands containing valuable miners
deposits have been Included in an agricultural
entry, said entry will be Cancelled 81 any tims
prior to issuance of patent, upon satisfactory
evidence OF the existence of such valuable de-
posits.
Where valuable deposits of mineral are dis
covered upon q tract after the same ias been
entered as agricultural, but before ! Atent mas
been issued, the parties claiming the nine
may make application for patent for same .
and the agricultural entry will be Cancelled W
that portion of the LAND embraced by ssia
mining claim.
Where mineral deposits are discovered on
agricultural lands after the patent has peen
issued to an agricultural claimant. they pass
with the patent.
Agricultural College scrip cannot be
ceived in payment for claims.
ALIENS.
A foreigner may make q mining location
dispose OF 1t. provided he becomes 0 CITIZEN
before disposing OF the mine Proof thar nv
party was not O citizen before disposing OF hs
claim must be affirmstively shown. ..o,
Locators and intermediate owners, ote'
h applicants, will not be presumed snenS,
In the absence Of allegation or objection priv
to issuance Of patent. ..,'
The portion of q mining claim sofa Was
alien cannot be patented while suoh owner
an alien; but on his declarationi 0 Decomo'
citizen his right dates back to his purSaassss
aud he may thereupon secure Uni'ea
patent for his claim.
CROSS LEDsEs.
Revised Statutes. Section 1886: .,.sct
Where two or more lodges cross or in"' and
each other, priority Of title shall govern oe
sue prior location shall be entitled 70 ntar.
or mineral contained within the spacsol have
section, but the subsequent location SUE ,ntar.
the right Of way through the space o.
section for the purpose OF the cohs more
working of the mine. And where two OF Ill
veins unite the oldest or prior locaton IN.
take the vein below the point OF uhioA'
Guiding all the space of intersection.
There is no authority Of law for q .nt .on
location 5000 by 800 feet. A proper
Is the width of the tunnel Tor 5,oOo ieo,. tnq
There is no provision OF law Tor psi = mn.
tunnel locations, but iodes oisoovoto amer
ming a tunnel may be patented In ike